{"id":1513254,"date":"2022-06-13T08:35:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T12:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1513254"},"modified":"2022-06-13T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T12:36:00","slug":"val-kilmer-shares-what-it-was-like-working-with-tom-cruise-on-top-gun-maverick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/val-kilmer-shares-what-it-was-like-working-with-tom-cruise-on-top-gun-maverick\/","title":{"rendered":"Val Kilmer Shares What It Was like Working with Tom Cruise on \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fval-kilmer-shares-what-it-was-like-working-with-tom-cruise-on-top-gun-maverick%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1513254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Iceman and Maverick are reunited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/val-kilmer-tom-cruise-party-boys-top-gun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Val Kilmer<\/a> recently shared what it was like to film &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; with Tom Cruise nearly 30 years after the original &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; was released.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was like no time had passed at all,&#8221;\u00a0Kilmer shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/val-kilmer-tom-cruise-top-gun-maverick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> on Thursday. &#8220;We blew a lot of takes laughing so much,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It was really fun \u2026 special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/val-tom-split.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Val Kilmer shared what it was like to work with Tom Cruise on \" Top Gun: Maverick \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Val Kilmer shared what it was like to work with Tom Cruise on &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick.&#8221;<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kilmer, 62, reprised his role of Tom &#8220;Iceman&#8221; Kazansky in the sequel. The actor revealed that even from a young age, all the stars shared a close bond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/top-gun-tom-skerritt-movie-film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>\u2018TOP GUN\u2019 STAR TOM SKERITT EXPLAINS WHY THE ORIGINAL MOVIE WAS ICONIC, DETAILS FILMING WITH TOM CRUISE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were all so young during the making of the first movie, but even then there was a special bond between us all,&#8221; Kilmer said. &#8220;Even after shooting we would laugh and dance the night away!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kilmer shared with the outlet how he received the news about starring in &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/GettyImages-607408752.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise on the set of \" Top Gun \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise on the set of &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; directed by Tony Scott.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by Paramount Pictures\/Sunset Boulevard\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Tom called me. I said yes immediately,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the newly released film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/anthony-edwards-tom-cruise-top-gun-sequel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cruise\u2019s character,\u00a0Pete &#8220;Maverick&#8221; Mitchell<\/a>, is asked to return to train a new batch of pilots for the Top Gun program. The film\u2019s director, Joseph Kosinski, shared with the outlet that he had to find a way to incorporate Kilmer\u2019s character into the movie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/top-gun-maverick-star-danny-ramirez-tom-cruise-mentor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>\u2018TOP GUN: MAVERICK\u2019 STAR DANNY RAMIREZ TALKS TOM CRUISE AS A MENTOR AND THE FILM&#8217;S \u2018UNIQUE&#8217; TRAINING<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You had to figure out a way to bring Iceman in,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We met with Val. He had the idea of how to integrate Iceman in a really authentic way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kilmer\u2019s Iceman supports Maverick\u2019s unique teaching skills as he battles with an illness that took his voice in the movie. This piece of the script resembles Kilmer\u2019s personal life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1187715388.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"\" Top Gun \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      &#8220;Top Gun&#8221;, directed by Tony Scott. Tom Cruise as Lt. Pete &#8220;Maverick&#8221; Mitchell and Val Kilmer as Lt. Tom &#8216;Iceman&#8217; Kazansky in the background.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by CBS via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2017, the actor shared that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/val-kilmer-prayer-throat-cancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diagnosed with throat cancer<\/a> and has since had trouble speaking. Like Iceman, Kilmer primarily communicates through writing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both Kosinski and Cruise knew that Kilmer\u2019s return to &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; was vital. The scene where Iceman and Maverick reunite was the first time both actors have filmed together in nearly 30 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously [we] spent a lot of time on that scene, writing it, getting ready,&#8221; Kosinski said. &#8220;I wasn\u2019t sure how it was going to work. \u2026 It\u2019s a really beautiful scene. We shot it in Los Angeles in a really beautiful house up on a park. Very special to see not only Val and Tom, but Maverick and Iceman back on the screen together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Top-Gun-Maverick-Tom-Cruise.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tom Cruise attends the UK premiere of \" Top Gun: Maverick \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Tom Cruise attends the UK premiere of &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; at Leicester Square on May 19, 2022, in London.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Eamonn M. McCormack\/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cruise earned the biggest movie launch of his career with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/tom-cruise-top-gun-maverick-theaters-delay-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Top Gun: Maverick,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0bringing in a projected $151 million at the box office during Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Paramount film, which was delayed multiple times due to the coronavirus pandemic, now holds the record for the second-best Memorial Day opening of all time behind Johnny Depp\u2019s &#8220;Pirates of the Caribbean: At World\u2019s End,&#8221; which earned $153 million when it was released in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Tracy Wright contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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